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Snowboarder Chloe Kim takes home silver in the halfpipe, ending bid for three-peat
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (593+ words) Snowboarder Chloe Kim's quest for an Olympic halfpipe three-peat was foiled by her prot'g'. Kim took home silver, edged out in the final round by 17-year-old Gaon Choi of South Korea. Superstar American snowboarder Chloe Kim won a silver medal…...
What I learned watching every sport at the Winter Olympics
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (219+ words) The Olympics are exhausting. Above, Taiwan's Li Yu-Hsiang reacts after competing in the figure skating men's singles free skating final in Milan on Feb. 13. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Let us say up front that watching some…...
How snowboarding rose to become an Olympic sport (Fresh Air+) : Fresh Air
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (222+ words) The XXV Winter Olympics are taking place in Milan, and snowboarding will begin its events this weekend. In this archive Fresh Air interview from 1998, Jake Burton Carpenter " the founder of Burton Snowboards and one of the inventors of the modern…...
Kitty cats and cloud hands - how U.S. Olympic snowboarders keep calm in competition
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (435+ words) United States' Alessandro Barbieri, AKA "Kitty Kitty Meow Meow," sends it during a halfpipe training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. Abbie Parr/AP hide caption The pros agree: It's scary at the top of an…...
The physics of the spiral pass have long been a mystery. Not anymore
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (740+ words) The physics of the spiral pass have baffled physicists and football fans for decades. It's Super Bowl Sunday, and whether you are a Patriots or a Seahawks fan, the rules of physics equally apply. And one of the most beautiful…...
Winter Olympic shocker: American Chloe Kim falls short of halfpipe gold three-peat
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (618+ words) MILAN " U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim's quest for a historic Olympic halfpipe three-peat was foiled by none other than her teenage prot'g'. Kim took home silver, after 17-year-old Gaon Choi of South Korea rebounded from a dramatic crash to overtake her in…...
Snowboarder Chloe Kim is chasing an Olympic gold three-peat with a torn labrum
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (640+ words) Chloe Kim speaks during a press conference in Livigno, Italy on Monday, days ahead of the women's halfpipe qualifiers. Lindsey Wasson/AP hide caption MILAN " Chloe Kim was just 17 when she won halfpipe gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Games, becoming the…...
A Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin is arrested in Mexico
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (478+ words) An image of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who was a fugitive and had been charged with allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation, is displayed on a video monitor along with bricks of cocaine, foreground,…...
U.S. ski resorts are bracing for a steep drop in international travel due to politics
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (839+ words) Early season snow has started to accumulate at Colorado's Arapahoe Basin ski area, as seen from nearby Loveland Pass on Thanksgiving weekend. Hart Van Denburg/CPR hide caption WHITEFISH, Mont. " A chairlift cranks into gear as a group of ski…...